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Case Reports
. 2009 May-Jun;75(3):293-5.
doi: 10.4103/0378-6323.51256.

Two cases of scalp white piedra caused by Trichosporon ovoides

Swagata A Tambe  1 , S Rachita Dhurat, Chaya A Kumar, Preeti Thakare, Nitin Lade, Hemangi Jerajani, Meenakshi Mathur
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Two cases of scalp white piedra caused by Trichosporon ovoides

Swagata A Tambe et al. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2009 May-Jun.

Abstract

White piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft, caused by Trichosporon beigelii . We report two cases of white piedra presenting as brown palpable nodules along the hair shaft with a fragility of scalp hairs. T. beigelii was demonstrated in hair culture of both the patients and T. ovoides as a species was confirmed on carbohydrate assimilation test. The first patient responded to oral itraconazole and topical ketoconazole, with a decrease in the palpability of nodules and fragility of scalp hairs at the end of two months.

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